~LEGACY~
Chapter 2: Reliving the Past
by: Lessa of Ruatha
author's ramblings: just so you know, there are a LOT of notes in this fic. sorry. i would condense them, but i'm too lazy. also, for the people who emailed me NO!, i see nothing wrong with writing a student/teacher romance. yeah, so seren is 15 and, say, sirius/lupin are in their 30's. first of all, i have a lot of puzzles with ages, second she's freakin immortal for crying out loud! third, I'M THE AUTHOR AND WHATEVER I SAY GOES!
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"Today's a reason for living
Today's the blood from the stone
Today's the light from the candle
Helping us to find our way home
Today we carry each other
Today the past is a freak
Today, the time for forgiveness
You were never that good to me
WELCOME TO THIS WORLD!"
-- Our Lady Peace "Sorry"
OUR LADY PEACE ROCKS!!!
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Hotaru raised an eyebrow at the piece of parchment a boy handed her. "Neechan, what's this?" she asked Seren in Japanese.
Seren glanced at the parchment. "Class schedule" she told the younger girl. "Let's see."
Hotaru handed over the parchment.
"Alright" Seren read it over. "You have Potions with Ravenclaw in the morning. After lunch you have Defense Against the Dark Arts with Hufflepuff, and Herbology with Gryffindor. All 4th years."
Hotaru pouted, but accepted her schedule back. "What do you have, Neechan?" she asked. (AN: no, they're not sisters by blood. they just think of each other as sisters.)
"First I have Defense Against the Dark Arts with Gryffindor 5th years" she informed Hotaru. "Then I have Astronomy with Slytherin, and Divination with Ravenclaw." A though occurred to her and she turned to the blond boy. "When are Quidditch tryouts?"
"After dinner" he sniffed. His eyes gazed over her, head to foot, as though looking for a flaw. Angel' drifted into his mind. (AN: no! i don't know if this is going to be seren/draco yet, he just thinks she's hot) "Draco Malfoy" he introduced himself.
"Seren Snape" she gave no notice of his roaming eyes, instead just giving him a smirk, then turning back to Hotaru.
"And our Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is Professor Remus Lupin" announced Dumbledore. "For those of you wondering about his being a werewolf, know that all of your parents are aware, and every month during the full moon he will be isolated. His dog, Blackie, will accompany him." If one looked close enough, they could see his eyes were twinkling.
Over at the Gryffindor table, Harry choked on his bread. Ron pounded his back, and Hermione was shocked that Dumbledore got him into the school.
Back at the Slytherin table, Seren and Hotaru joined the long line of students back to the Slytherin dorms. They wound through the hallways, through a few passages, until they were at a huge stone wall. "Mudblood" announced a prefect, and the wall split to reveal the Slytherin dorms.
Inside, green cushion chairs were scattered a random intervals, most facing the blue flames in the fireplace. There were two winding staircases, one to the boy's dorms and one to the girl's. The whole common room had a dark and dank sense, and most of it was shaded in the dark except for the spots illuminated by the blue flames.
"Are we meeting tonight, Neechan?" Hotaru asked in a soft voice.
"Hai" replied Seren in a low voice. They headed up to the dorms to change into their uniforms. Thirty minutes later Seren was leading Hotaru to the Potions classroom with a note to give to Snape, and then split off to get to DADA.
Opening the door, she saw she was the first person there. She dumped her stuff on one of the tables, dropped into the seat and leaned back comfortably, her feet pushed up onto the table. She glanced over her shoulder when the door opened. And raised an eyebrow.
A very hot guy was standing there. He was probably a good ten years older than her, but was he cute. (AN: no, i don't know if it's sere/sirius yet.) He had shaggy brown hair that hung around his shoulders. He had deep blue eyes that matched perfectly with his hair and robes.
"Er" Sirius Black stared at the girl who was lounged comfortably in the chair. He had meant to talk to Remus before students arrived but ... His eyes looked her over, a smile threatening to break out when she saw him checking her out. Bad, Sirius, bad!' he thought to himself furiously. She's half your age!' Out loud he said, "Is Professor Lupin here?"
Seren shrugged. "Don't think so" she said. "Who're you?"
"Ah ... a friend" Sirius snatched the first thought. "And you?" If Remus wasn't here yet, he might as well get to know one of the students.
Seren gave him an odd look. Even if he hadn't been at the Sorting, she knew everyone was probably talking about her relation to Snape. "Seren Snape" she finally chuckled.
"Serverus has a daughter?!" exclaimed Sirius.
She shrugged. "No shit sherlock" she muttered under her breath.
Just then Lupin slid in the door. "Sir-" he cut himself off, seeing Seren already there. "C'mon, Padfoot, old friend. We can talk in my office."
As they exited, the rest of the class entered. Draco took a seat in the back, Crabbe and Goyle on either side of him. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were sitting at one of the tables in the front. The rest of the class filed in and took the empty seats, though a few seats, including the one beside Seren, were empty. Professor Lupin reentered, along with a large black dog. The dog went over to Harry and the others, curling up under their desk.
"Alright, can anyone tell me what you did last year?" asked Lupin.
"We learned about the Unforgivable Curses" said *who else?* Hermione immediately.
Lupin nodded, face creased in thought. "Very well, perhaps this year we will work with Elemental Magic" he said slowly.
Most of the class gasped. Ron and Harry, not knowing what that was, didn't, nor did Seren, though she did have a surprised look on her face.
Seeing their faces, Lupin grinned, teeth flashing. "Yes, I am qualified to teach you Elemental Magic" he informed them. "I was taught it by a Great Mage."
Clow Reed (AN: no! i'm not bringing CCS into this, i'm just using the name)' drifted into Seren's mind. She started. How was it possible Lupin had met Clow Reed? He had been dead for almost a century now.
Lupins' gaze lingered on Seren for the briefest second, though she caught it. Her surprised face morphed into shock. Lupin was from that era? Was he immortal? Or a reincarnation? Or a god? Or Gifted? She decided she needed to know. Having one of the other Gifted around would be nice, but if he never died after the Clow Era ... She shuddered. He could be well going on two or three centuries now.
Taking a deeper look at him, her eyes widened drastically. She narrowed them, stifling a sharp gasp. He was a werewolf, and therefore, he was considered a lesser immortal, meaning he would remain the age he was when he was turned. That would make him 10, in his true form. A very strong illusion was surrounding him, so powerful it had seeped into his very soul and become permanent. There was no way to gauge how old he really was. He could have easily lived since the Clow Era. The depths of his eyes, as well as the power of the aura she sensed around him, said that he could have very well. A pale green aura, with the twin rings of dark blue and black, which signified the teaching of Clow Reed and Clow Yue (AN: i think clow is the first name, but in this case it's last. SO THERE! and no, that's not yue from CCS. this yue is just the name of clow reed's wife). She gulped. If he was from the Clow Era, even if not from the Dynasty itself, he would know her. She stifled a sigh of exasperation. There went her life.
Eyes twinkling, Lupin continued. He quickly paired everyone up until Seren was the only one without a partner. "Well, Miss Black, I guess that you will have to be my partner" he finished. "Everyone, you may work either in this room or in the hallway. There is a barrier, so don't bother to try and leave. Please open your books and each of you pick a sorcerer or sorceress in there. Miss Black, if you will accompany me-?" He let it hang off.
Sighing, Seren trudged after Lupin as he entered his office, closing the door securely behind him. As soon as the door was shut, Lupin was embracing her tightly. "My lady, I thought you were dead" he whispered, face buried in her hair.
Seren was stiff, trying to remember who he was. For he obviously was from the Dynasty, and knew who she was. She sorted through her multiple reincarnations until she ended up at her very first. Clow Yue, wife to Clow Reed, the greatest sorcerer and sorceress to ever exist. Reed, the more passive of the two, connected with the Elements Air and Earth. Yue, the more amorous one, intimately joined to the Elements Fire and Water. A young man flashed into her mind.
"Kadden?" she questioned.
"Yes" he drew back, studying her. His blank face morphed into one of incredible joy. "It has been many, many years since I have last seen you, my lady."
"You never died?" her voice was a gasp, incredulous.
He shook his head slowly, incredible age glimmering in his eyes. "Before Reed died, he made me swear that I would search you out" he admitted slowly. "I have been searching for two centuries."
Seren gasped. "Kadden" she whispered softly, in shock.
He shook his head, not a shadow of the feeling surrounding him anymore. "How is it that you became Serverus' daughter?" he chuckled.
Seren shrugged. "Directly after the Clow Era, as Elemental Magic begin to be concealed and secret, I was reborn as Crown Princess Serenity of the White Moon. As you know, you can only have one destiny. So, I was forced to take on that role, instead of being later incarnated as Siina, a woman of the Dagon Clan, which is all that is left of the Era. I went through multiple rebirths until Fate and Destiny fucked up. Instead of being born to Tsukino Ikuko by Tsukino Kenji, I was born to Diana Snape by Serverus Snape. Seeing their mistake, the Twins corrected it in the first way they could think of. Diana Snape died in childbirth and Serverus Snape, so sick with grief, was found unable to be his child's legal guardian. I was immediately transported to Japan, where Ikuko and Kenji adopted me. Four years ago, when I regained my full memories of all my lives, I sought him out." She shrugged, finishing her story.
Lupin was silent, processing the information she gave and wondering about the information she deliberately didn't give. "Who are those others?" he asked.
"The Sailor Senshi, from my tenure as Moon Princess" she explained. "Only they had no lifetimes between the Silver Millennium and this one. Chiba is Endymion, whom I am supposed to be betrothed to."
Lupin stared at her incredulously, before throwing his head back with a shout of laughter. "As it is, you already have Sirius and our young Mister Malfoy under your spell" he managed to snort out.
"Sirius?" she immediately latched onto the name.
Lupin paled, realizing he had let it slip. "One second" he said. Sticking his head out the door, he called, "Blackie!" The large dog loped into the room, looking up at Lupin and Seren. Lupin sighed. "Transform, Sirius. I didn't mean to let it slip."
The dog growled at him, before transforming back into the man Seren had seen before. "Whoa!" she jumped back. "An animagus? I've never heard of one who became a black dog."
"Unregistered" admitted Sirius slowly, a rueful grin on his face. Then he brightened considerably. "If you already know, why not all? Sirius Black, m'lady." He bowed gallantly, kissing her hand.
Seren giggled (AN: yes. i'm making her at least act semi-human) and a slight blush painted itself across her cheeks. "A pleasure to meet you" she quickly snatched her hand back.
And for the life of him, Lupin didn't know why a flash of anger and jealousy overcame him.
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make sure you review!!!! the voting for couples closes on the 13th cuz i wanna start putting real romance into it. so far, i believe SEREN/DRACO, HOTARU/HARRY, and SETSUNA/REMUS are winning. REVIEW!!! also, i'm writing both a CCS/HP/SM crossover that i don't know if i'll post or not. for that, i need to know the cards. CAN SOMEONE EMAIL ME THE NAMES OF ALL 52 CARDS?
the full lyrics to "Sorry":
"Today's a reason for living
Today's the blood from a stone
Today's a light from a candle
Helping us to find our way home
Today we carry each other
Today the past is a freak
Today's a time for forgiveness
You were never that good to me
(Welcome to this world of mine)
I'm sorry, I can't lie
I'm wasting too much time
Drowning I've been blind
But I've opened up my eyes
Sorry, I can't lie
So I just say goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Yeah
Today's tasting the honey
Today's the strike of a match
And today's the lines in the pavement
Helping us to find our way back
Today's the crosses we carry
Today's the strength that we need
And today's the hand of an angel
You were not the kind to believe
(Welcome to this world of mine)
I'm sorry, I can't lie
I'm wasting too much time
Drowning I've been blind
But I've opened up my eyes
Sorry, I can't lie
So I just say goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Yeah
Oh what a day, oh what a day, oh my God
Oh what a day, oh what a day, oh my God
Oh what a day, oh what a day, oh my God
And oh my God, and oh my God, yeah
Today we carry each other
Today we do what we should
Today's a time for forgiving
Today I wish I could...
I'm sorry, I can't lie
I'm wasting too much time
Drowning, I've been blind
But I've opened up my eyes
Sorry, I can't lie
So I just say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Another bye, goodbye, goodbye
Another bye, goodbye, goodbye, yeah
Another bye, goodbye, goodbye
Another bye, goodbye, bye"